Attachment Grant Motion

Grant Motion

DECISION submitted by FCC

Grant Motion

2007-11-08

This document pretains to SES-STA-20070924-01310 for Special Temporal Authority on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of File No. SES—STA—20070924—01310 Deere & Company Application for Special Temporary Authority to Operate Receive—Only Mobile Earth Stations with Inmarsat IIF4 at 142 ° To: Chief, International Bureau MOTION TO DESIGNATE PROCEEDING AS "PERMIT—BUT—DISCLOSE" Deere & Company ("Deere"), by its attorneys, hereby requests that the Commission designate the captioned proceeding as "permit—but—disclose" under the Commission‘s rules governing ex parte communications.‘ This proceeding involves an application for special temporary authority to operate receive—only mobile earth terminals with the Inmarsat TIF4 at 142 degrees. Mobiles Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC ("MSV") filed a petition to deny the captioned application. The ex parte rules provide that "[wlhere the public' interest so requires in a particular proceeding, the Commission and its staff retain the discretion to modify the applicable ex parte rules by order, letter or public notice."" A change in the status to permit—but—disclose in the captioned proceeding is clearly warranted in light ofthe issues raised, and in order to harmonize the status of the captioned proceeding with that of Cecemmt —Bot— Discdose I 47 C.FR. §§ 1.1200 et seq. mee SE§s —s10— 300 m@y\% 2 47 C.F.R. § 1.1200(a). Cai!SignWSmnmam w\ #\O 7 (or other identifier) ‘Term Dates .,” : I From \‘\SQEC’?:—/ bol A72300203.1

numerous pending proceedings that also involve applications to utilize Inmarsat Ventures Limited ("Inmarsat") space stations, and which the Commission already has designated permit—but—disclose. Virtually all pending applications seeking authority to utilize Inmarsat space stations have been opposed by MSV. The Commission routinely has granted permit—but— disclose status in considering other such applications, finding the change in ex parte status, "will facilitate resolution of the complex policy issues raised in the application."" As in the other currently pending proceedings to utilize Inmarsat space stations, permit— but—disclose status in the captioned proceeding would serve the public interest by facilitating discussion with Commission staff to address the issues raised in this proceeding. 3 See, e.g., Motion of Inmarsat Ventures Limited to Designate Proceedings as "Permit—But—Disclose," File No. SES—STA—20070814—01092 et aZ., grant stamp dated Oct. 10, 2007. A/T2300293.1 2

For the reasons stated above, Deere respectfully requests that the Commission designate the ex parte status ofthis proceeding as "permit—but—disclose." Respectfully submitted, Eliot J. GreenwAld Timothy L. Bransford BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP 2020 K. Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 202.373—6009 202.373.6001 fax eliot.greenwald@bingham.com timothy.bransford@bingham.com Attorneys for Deere & Company Dated: November 7, 2007 A/T2300293.1

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1, Bernadette Clark, a secretary in the law offices of Bingham McCutchen LLP, hereby certify that on this 7th day of November, 2007, I caused to be served a true copy of the foregoing "Reply" by first class mail, postage pre—paid (or as otherwise indicated) upon the following: Helen Domenici* Stephen Duall* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, SW 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 James Ball* Kathryn Medley* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Gardner Foster® Howard Griboff* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission . 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Femm Jarmulnek* Andrea Kelly* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Karl Kensinger®* Scott Kotler® International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 Roderick Porter® Robert Nelson* International Bureau International Bureau Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12"" Street, S.W. 445 12"" Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20554 AF72300293.1

Bruce D. Jacobs Cassandra Thomas* Tony Lin International Bureau Paul A. Cicelski Federal Communications Commission Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 445 12"" Street, S.W. 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20554 Washington, DC 20037—1128 Counselfor MSV Diane J. Cornell Jennifer A. Manner Vice President, Government Affairs Vice President, Regulatory Affairs InmarSat, INc. Mobile Satellite Ventures Subsidiary LLC 1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW 1002 Park Ridge Boulevard Suite 1200 Reston, Virginia 20191 Washington DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 248 5150 John P. Janka Jeffrey A. Marks LatHAM & WaTKNs LLP 555 Eleventh Street, N.W. Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone: (202) 637—2200 *Via Electronic Mail Lo vloth |_— (laxt Bernadette Clark AF72300293.1


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